June 9, 2020 By Kayla Wandsnider, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes still remain above their long-term monthly averages as of June 2020. Lake Michigan surpassed its record-high monthly mean for May previously set in 1986. This is the fifth monthly record set for Lake…
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May 7, 2020 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes still remain above their long-term monthly averages as of May 2020. Lake Michigan surpassed its record-high monthly mean for April previously set in 1986. This is the fourth monthly record set for Lake…
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April 27, 2020 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes still remain above their long-term monthly averages as of April 2020. Lake Michigan surpassed its record-high monthly mean for March previously set in 1986. This is the third monthly record set for Lake…
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April 13, 2020 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant & Adam Bechle, Coastal Engineering Outreach Specialist Erosion of Great Lakes shorelines and coastal bluff failure can put people and buildings at risk. Relocating a building threatened by erosion and bluff failure is one option a homeowner has to protect their home. Relocating a building…
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March 19, 2020 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes still remain above their long-term monthly averages as of the beginning of March 2020. Lake Michigan surpassed its record-high monthly mean for February previously set in 1986. This is the second monthly record…
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February 17, 2020 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant Coastal storms are an annual occurrence on Lake Michigan but this fall and winter season, Lake Michigan’s southeastern Wisconsin’s coastal communities experienced large storms that caused millions of dollars of damage. In this blog, we answer four questions that explore how water…
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February 17, 2020 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes still remain above their long-term averages as of the beginning of February 2020. Lake Michigan surpassed its record-high monthly mean for January dating back to 1918. This is the first new monthly record…
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January 31, 2020 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes still remain above average as of the beginning of the New Year. Lake Michigan is currently above the highest monthly average for the month of January that was set for the Lake in…
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December 6, 2019 Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant One question our team has been hearing a lot lately is “what will cause Lake Michigan’s water levels to go back down?” This is the perfect time of the year to discuss this question because the fall and winter seasons are typically…
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December 6, 2019 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes remain above average into December. Lake Michigan is currently at the same level as the highest monthly average that was set for the Lake in December of 1986. However, the Great Lakes Basin…
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